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October 6, 1999, Wednesday, CITY EDITION
SECTION: EDITORIAL, Pg. A-14
LENGTH: 292 words
HEADLINE: TESTING ADVANCE
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Virginia's Standards of Learning tests set the bar. During the early grades they measure whether students have learned what they need to know before advancing to the next level. By identifying deficiencies, the tests open the door to effective remediation. The high school tests establish whether students have mastered the material required of productive, knowledgeable citizens.
The high school SOL tests do not resemble college entrance exams. A passing grade on the SOLs is not a ticket to Swarthmore. It would not be surprising if many parents feared the high school tests could encourage not elevated standards but diminished ones. Will course content reflect no more than the cut scores? . . .
Headline: HOT TYPE
Section: Research & Publishing
Page: A22
October 15, 1999
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Each issue of The Hedgehog Review, which is subtitled Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture, will be devoted to one theme and will include an introduction to that theme, articles and interviews on the subject, reviews, and a bibliographic essay.
About one issue each year will develop from a lecture series or conference held at the institute. That's the case with the first issue, just released, which explores the question of identity. Among the contributors are Kenneth J. Gergen, a professor of psychology at Swarthmore College, writing about the moral implications of the techno-cultural revolution; and David Harvey, a Johns Hopkins University geographer considering the way social forces -- particularly globalization -- shape the idea of the body. . . .
October 10, 1999
Section: Books - For the Family
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Children's books - Spinners
By Donna Jo Napoli and Richard Tchen
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Some time ago, Donna Jo Napoli imagined a wonderful story to explain in her book, Zel, how Rapunzel got locked in the tower. Now she and coauthor Richard Tchen, a former student at Swarthmore College, where Napoli teaches, have spun a tale to explain how the miller's daughter got caught in the trap where she had to spin straw into gold for the king.
Their story, basically tragic, also explains how Rumpelstiltskin became so ugly and misshapen and why he was interested in the miller's daughter. Small details, such as how he got into the king's palace when the miller's daughter was trying to spin straw into gold, are also explained.
Most of the characters, except Saskia, the miller's daughter, and Rumpelstiltskin, are greedy. Everyone is passionate and longs to be loved. These twisted, misunderstood, and powerful yearnings become horrifying engines of destruction that fuel the story. We can understand Rumpelstiltskin now, but he is still terrifying. . . .
Headline: Cheyney students find a mission
October 10, 1999
Section: Suburban
By Valerie Reed, INQUIRER SUBURBAN STAFF
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About 100 students from Cheyney University will participate in a service-learning project on Oct. 23 at CityTeam Ministries in Chester. The students will spend the day painting, separating clothes and sorting canned goods at the rescue mission. They will join volunteers from Swarthmore College, Philadelphia University and Eastern College in St. Davids at the mission, which offers drug and alcohol recovery programs and provides dinners for the needy. . . .
Headline: Woodblock prints tell stories about Tokyo in earlier times
October 10, 1999
Section: Suburban
By Victoria Donohoe, INQUIRER ART CRITIC
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Swarthmore College. There are points in Barbara Diduk's sophisticated show at Swarthmore College where it seems as if "good grooming" is everything. Yet the gleaming or lustrous effects upon her clay work are not achieved with spit and polish, but with metallic finishes.
Also surprising are the sources of many of the shapes she uses for inspiration - rows of candied apples on a stick set on a shelf, clusters of machine-made tools, stamps, weights, knobs and cranks that tend to be more realistically (though never stodgily) rendered than the apples, and usually are perched on tidy metal stands. . . .
HEADLINE: MACMILLAN REFERENCE
October 12, 1999
LENGTH: 835 words
DATELINE: London
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A unique encyclopedia has today been launched in electronic format. Over the next 15 months, the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS) will grow into the world's largest life science reference work, and is accessible via the Internet at www.els-net. Publisher Macmillan Reference has launched ELS in "embryonic" form, giving users web-based access to ELS over its 15-month development period prior to launch of the complete database in 2001.
When complete, ELS will feature over 4,000 electronic articles from the world's leading scientific experts, illustrated with over 7,500 tables and figures. The electronic format will permit regular updates, varied methods of accessing the data, direct links to primary literature and extensive cross-referencing and indexing.
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1. Chief Scientific Advisers for the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences include . . . Scott Gilbert (Swarthmore College, USA) - developmental biology. . . .
HEADLINE: Technology: Building Your Place on the Web
June 30, 1999
SECTION: Vol. 10; No. 8 ; Pg. 32
LENGTH: 1170 words
BYLINE: Sheppard, Nathaniel
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TECHNOLOGY: Building Your place on the Web
CHANCES ARE THAT WHEN you signed up for Internet service, the package you received included five to 10 megabytes of server space that you can use to publish a noncommercial web page with photos of the kids, a family tree and history or all that poetry or prose you now keep in the file cabinet. . . . Before you start, however, there are a number of things to consider that can make the difference between a clever page that is a treat to read and behold and one that has the appeal of black-and-white TV.
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"It is important to step back and decide on the goals of the page," says Steven Lin, web editor at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. "Who is the site aimed at, and how will they interact on your site?" Lin and others recommend sketching a flow chart on paper before doing any design on-line or with a web publishing program. . . .
HEADLINE: Sociologists plumb DuBois' work for new insights
April 1, 1999
SECTION: Vol. 34; No. 26 ; Pg. 9
LENGTH: 757 words
BYLINE: Bourne, Kay
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As the century draws to a close, the African American intellectual giant W.E.B. DuBois is at last coming into his own as a sociologist. The social scientist and thinker published a ground-breaking sociological text in 1908, "The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study."
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This panel, which addressed the pervasive, ubiquitous and persistent role race plays and how equity in society might be achieved, also heard from father and daughter sociologists Charles V. Willie of Harvard University and Sarah S. Willie of Swarthmore College.
Sarah Willie enlivened her scholarly remarks with personal anecdotes about relationships with students and other teachers. She found she had an amen corner made up of other female professors black and white in the audience as she illustrated the corrupting influence of racism in academia in a culture which she describes as in the stage of "recovering from white supremacy and patriarchy." . . .
Headline: Gardening Notes
October 8, 1999
Section: Magazine - Home & Design
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Briton will talk about his garden
A British garden historian and designer with a reputation for being flamboyant will be the guest speaker next month at an event jointly sponsored by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Sir Roy Strong will lecture on "The Laskett: The Making of Our Garden 1973-1999" at 2 p.m. Nov. 14 in the Lang Performing Arts Center at Swarthmore, with a tea reception afterward.
Sir Roy and his wife, Julia T. Oman, have transformed four acres of plowed fields around their home in Herefordshire, England, into a widely acclaimed formal garden with more than 30 separate areas. He has also designed topiary hedges for Britain's Prince Charles, and gardens for such celebrities as Elton John and the late Gianni Versace. . . .
HEADLINE: APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR FARM-RELIEF PROGRAM
October 12, 1999, Tuesday, FIFTH EDITION
SECTION: REGIONAL REPORT, Pg. B2, FARM AGENT
LENGTH: 719 words
BYLINE: ROBERT E. LEIBY; Lehigh County Cooperative Extension
Office
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*Invasive Exotic Plants: Current Management Strategies 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 3 and 4, Lang Performing Arts Center, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Delaware County.
HEADLINE: City law could cost U. Pittsburgh state funding
October 11, 1999
LENGTH: 881 words
BYLINE: By Derek Fuchs, The Pitt News
DATELINE: Pittsburgh
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The University of Pittsburgh may find itself battling the state next year if the city mandates that the University extend health benefits to domestic partners of gay and lesbian employees in February. The possibility looms in the face of an amendment to a state Senate bill the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed in June. State senators drafted the bill to increase financing for Pennsylvania public education. However, if passed with the amendment, the bill could penalize Pitt and other universities for offering the controversial health benefits by withholding state funding.
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The University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College and Dickinson College all offer same-sex partner health benefits. Other private schools may follow suit, such as Carnegie-Mellon University.
Headline: Deaths in the Region
October 8, 1999
Section: Obituaries
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Margaret Whiteside Moore, 93, an administrative assistant in various offices at Swarthmore College, died of respiratory failure Saturday at Barclay Friends, a nursing home in West Chester. She formerly lived in Swarthmore. Mrs. Moore worked more than 25 years at Swarthmore, all on a part-time basis, her family said, in the dean's and admissions offices. She maintained records of student applicants and provided statistical support for the offices before the advent of computers.
Her other job was administering testing programs for several private schools in the metropolitian Philadelphia area, her family said. A specialist in educational testing, Mrs. Moore in 1931 received a doctoral degree from Columbia University in educational psychology. She earned a bachelor's degree of psychology in 1927 from Park College in Parkville, Mo. . . .
ALUMNI
Headline: OBITUARIES
Section: Denver & The West
10/11/1999 - Final - Page B-07
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Michael Lillie - Attorney, 57
Michael Woodruff Lillie of Englewood, an attorney, died Monday of cancer. He was 57. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church, 8035 S. Quebec St. He was born March 21, 1942, in Toms River, N.J.
He graduated from Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He also served in the Navy. He practiced law in New York City and Denver.
He is survived by three daughters, Alison, Caitlin, and Keats, all of Denver; and a brother, James, North Carolina.
Headline: Nothing Spartan About This Fund-Raiser
FINAL - Page C03
Section: Style - Out & About
By ROXANNE ROBERTS
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The fur was flying Tuesday night at the Greek Embassy, but there were no catfights, we're happy to report. Minks, sables and other luxuries were just a sideshow at the reception hosted by Greek Ambassador Alexander Philon and his wife, Helen, for Washington's School for Educational Evolution and Development. "I have always been interested in education, especially how you impart knowledge to children," said Helen Philon, an art historian and museum curator.
The charter school, which opened last year, is the first urban public boarding school in the country. SEED is the brainchild of Rajiv Vinnakota, a 28-year-old Princeton graduate, and Swarthmore alum Eric Adler, 35. They quit their day jobs to apply their education and business backgrounds to teaching 70 seventh- and eighth-grade students. Helen Philon was introduced to SEED last year and it became a pet project: "The children told me, 'I like the school because we can learn.' "
At her suggestion, SEED's curriculum includes a course in the history and mythology of Greece, and she has arranged for eight students and two teachers to go there for 10 days next summer. . . .
HEADLINE: Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP Continues National Expansion
October 7, 1999, Thursday
SECTION: Financial News
DISTRIBUTION: TO BUSINESS EDITOR
LENGTH: 1099 words
DATELINE: HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 7
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Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP has added seven lawyers to its Harrisburg office, growing its business practice in central Pennsylvania and continuing its national expansion. The new additions include partners Eric L. Brossman and Robert J. Goduto and associate Robert J. Bein who formerly practiced with the Harrisburg firm of McNees, Wallace & Nurick. Catherine E. Walters and Gary A. Ritter, also formerly of the McNees firm, joined Duane, Morris as partners earlier this summer. In addition, Robert A. Quigley, formerly of Highmark, Inc., and Samuel W. Apicelli, formerly of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, have joined Duane, Morris as associates.
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Robert Bein practices in the areas of business and commercial law, business reorganization and bankruptcy law. He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Dauphin County Bar Associations and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Bein served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William W. Caldwell, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is a 1996 graduate of The Dickinson School of Law and a graduate of Swarthmore College.
Headline: BARBARA BURCHSTED FRENCH
Sunday, September 26, 1999
Section: SECTION: MAINE/NEW ENGLAND
Edition: CITY
Page: 7B
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Barbara Burchsted French, 84, died Saturday. She was born in New York City, N.Y., a daughter of Algernon and Doris Burchsted, and attended Swarthmore and Barnard Colleges, graduating in 1936.
She lived in Bremen and Damariscotta, Maine, where she volunteered at the Bremen Library and was a member of the Patriotic Club. She was also a member of the Damariscotta Women's Club and Miles Memorial Hospital League and volunteered at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle, Maine. Mrs. French was a member of St. Andrew's Church, Newcastle, and since 1988 had been a member of Christ Church in Massachusetts. Her husband, Wesley Foster French, died in 1983. . . .
Headline: Weddings - Ponessa-Fratello
October 10, 1999
Section: Suburban
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Jeanne Marie Ponessa and David Howard Fratello were married April 24 at Stauffer Chapel in Malibu, Calif. The bride's uncle the Rev. Lawrence Doersching of San Antonio, Texas, performed the ceremony.
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The bride, a graduate of Moorestown High School, has a bachelor's degree in political science from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. She is a speech writer for Charles Reed, chancellor of the California State University system. The bridegroom, a graduate of Millikan High School, has a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, Calif. He is the director of political and legal affairs for Americans for Medical Rights in Santa Monica, Calif.
HEADLINE: Noted scholar discusses impact of decreased civic participation
October 13, 1999
LENGTH: 453 words
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Fewer Americans are voting and volunteering, and more are expressing distrust of government. The numbers concern political scientist Robert D. Putnam, who says that people's participation in civic activities influences the quality of American public life.
Putnam will talk about the notion of civil society in the next presentation of the Dean's Lecture Series at the University of Rochester. He'll discuss "What's Happened to Civic Engagement in America and How Can We Fix It?" at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, in 407 Schlegel Hall on the River Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Born in Rochester, Putnam grew up in a small town in the Midwest and received his bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and his master's and doctoral degrees from Yale University.
HEADLINE: Primix Solutions Expands Into New Jersey
October 12, 1999, Tuesday
SECTION: Financial News
LENGTH: 637 words
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WATERTOWN, MA, Oct. 12 Primix Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: PMIX), a premier strategic Internet services firm, today announced the opening of its Morristown, New Jersey office to serve its growing customer base outside New England, including charter client Lucent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: LU). The Boston-based Company also named Bob O'Gara managing director of the region and announced the hiring of Robert Cerbin as senior client partner.
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As senior client partner for the region, Robert Cerbin will help clients define their strategies for e-Business, lead Primix' delivery efforts, and support business development activities in the region as a member of the regional management team. . . . Mr. Cerbin holds a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and a master's of business administration from the Carnegie-Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration.
SPORTS
HEADLINE: Cutting a swath at Swarthmore - Annapolis grad lifts downtrodden program
October 10, 1999, Sunday
SECTION: sports; Pg. C12
LENGTH: 728 words
BYLINE: .By BILL WAGNER, Staff Writer
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Friends told Peter Alvanos he was crazy to take the job of Swarthmore football coach two years ago. You'll never win, they said. You'll wind up frustrated, they said. You'll hurt your coaching career, they said.
There was wisdom behind those words of warning. Swarthmore had not won a game since beating Washington & Lee 2-0 on Nov. 11, 1995. Moreover, the Division III school in suburban Philadelphia had lofty academic standards that made recruiting difficult, if not downright impossible.
Alvanos, a 1983 Annapolis High graduate, looked at the situation another way. Here was an opportunity to do something special. What better way to prove your coaching ability than by taking on one of the country's most challenging jobs. If Alvanos could turn around Swarthmore, it would be a boost to his career.
A complete turnaround may still be a years away, but Swarthmore took a step in the right direction by defeating Oberlin 42-14 Sept. 4. It ended the Garnet Tide's 28-game losing streak, longest in the nation at any level. . . .
Headline: Sports People
October 8, 1999
Section: Sports
By Don Beideman, INQUIRER SUBURBAN STAFF
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Shauna Oplinger was named to the Centennial Conference field hockey honor roll last week after scoring a goal and assisting on another in Western Maryland's 5-4, double-overtime loss to Swarthmore. Oplinger, a junior forward, is a graduate of Owen J. Roberts.
Headline: Slippery Rock rolls past Indiana
October 10, 1999
Section: Sports
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Muhlenberg 35, Swarthmore 0 - Mike McCabe completed 17 of 21 passes for 413 yards and three scores - two on long plays to Kenyamo McFarlane - as Muhlenberg defeated host Swarthmore. Anthony Wolfsohn added two rushing touchdowns in the first half as the Mules (4-1, 3-1 Centennial) dominated Swarthmore (1-4, 0-4) on offense, outgaining it, 565 yards to 173.
Headline: College Notebook
October 10, 1999
By Chris Morkides, INQUIRER SUBURBAN STAFF
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Garnet getting kicks
The Swarthmore women's soccer team, which won six games in each of the last two seasons, is off to a 3-1 start. The biggest win came Wednesday when the Garnet notched a 3-2 overtime win over Widener, its first win in the series in four years.
Swarthmore, with new coach Amy Brunner at the helm, also has beaten Alvernia, 6-0, and Marywood, 5-1. The Garnet's only loss came against Montclair State (N.J.), 5-0, in the final of the Swat Kick Classic Sunday.
HEADLINE: College Football Scores
October 11, 1999, Monday, BC cycle
SECTION: Sports News
LENGTH: 1451 words
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Montclair St. 63, Kean 7
Muhlenberg 35, Swarthmore 0
New Haven 52, Morehead St. 22
HEADLINE: Muhlenberg 35, Swarthmore 0
State & Local Wire
October 9, 1999, Saturday, AM cycle
SECTION: Sports News
LENGTH: 127 words
DATELINE: SWARTHMORE, Pa.
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Mike McCabe completed 17 of 21 passes for 413 yards and three scores - two on long plays to Kenyamo McFarlane - as Muhlenberg defeated Swarthmore 35-0 on Saturday.
Anthony Wolfsohn added two rushing touchdowns in the first half, one from a yard out and another from five, as the Mules (4-1, 3-1 Centennial) dominated Swarthmore (1-4, 0-4) on offense, outgaining them 565-173.
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Freshman Ken Clark led the Garnet Tide with 112 yards rushing and finished with 206 all-purpose yards on the afternoon.
HEADLINE: COLLEGE FOOTBALL
October 8, 1999, Friday, EIGHTH EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS, Pg. C6
LENGTH: 466 words
BYLINE: KEITH GROLLER; The Morning Call
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MUHLENBERG (3-1, 2-1) AT SWARTHMORE (1-3, 0-3)
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About the Garnet Tide: Swarthmore snapped a 28-game losing streak against Oberlin the first week of the season. Since then it has been outscored 151-11 in three Centennial Conference losses. Swarthmore has allowed 6.6 yards per rush this season, and the offense averages only 202.5 total yards per game. In a 59-0 loss to Ursinus last week, the Garnet managed only 116 total yards and six first downs. Junior QB Scott Murray has completed 54 percent of his passes and been intercepted only once.